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Elena Moreno Scheredre regresa con una gran novela sobre la emigración vasca a América. Un conmovedor e inolvidable relato sobre la nostalgia, el valor y el amor contra todo pronóstico. Domingo Arsuaga, marinero en Lekeitio, emigra, sin palabras que pronunciar, al oeste americano que le...

Retired US detective Emil Janowitz has lied to his wife for more than forty years. Losing his entire family as an inmate of Auschwitz Concentration Camp he found it easier than facing the demons buried deep inside. A letter from an unknown Aleksy Markowski sends him off on a journey, to hunt...

Brought to you by Penguin. Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has won the Second World War. It is April 1964 and one week before Hitler's 75th birthday. Xavier March, a detective of the Kriminalpolizei, is called out to investigate the discovery of a dead body in a lake near...

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE Penang, 1939. Sixteen-year-old Philip Hutton is a loner. Half English, half Chinese and feeling neither, he discovers a sense of belonging in an unexpected friendship with Hayato Endo, a Japanese diplomat. Philip shows his new friend around his adored island...

Accompanied by his trusty sidekicks, Pete Pienaar, John S. Blenkiron and Sandy Arbuthnot, Richard travels across war-torn Europe searching for a man with a secret. A prophet by reputation, the man possesses key information that could guarantee British victory, and he goes by the name of Greenmantle.

Long considered one of the best American novels of our time, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable tale of an American ambulance driver and his passionate affair with a beautiful English nurse. Set against the backdrop of World War I, this gripping semi-autobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war as only Hemingway can. A story of love and pain, loyalty and desertion, A Farewell to Arms paints an intimate portrait of the pain and intensity of a love overshadowed by the inexorable creep of global war.

'You don’t mean you're going to divorce him?' Miss Spanner said with horror. A sophisticated, emotive novel, Chatterton Square concerns the complex web of relationships between two neighbouring families, the Blacketts and the Frasers. Framed by the advance of the Second World War, the subtle mechanics of marriage and love are laid bare through the observation of three of the marital options open to the mid-century woman: unmarried, separated, miserably married.

'Every time I think Kristin Harmel's books can't get any better, they do' Sally Hepworth 'A gorgeous, ensemble novel that will have you packing your bags for France!' Evie Woods 'Romantic, sweeping, and deeply emotional-this is Kristin Harmel at her absolute best' Christina Lauren Julia Glover...

An espionage thriller that has been called the first great spy novel, it has sustained its popularity, being embraced by each new generation. The first in a series of five novels it features the spy Richard Hannay, an action hero with a stiff upper lip who gets caught up in a dangerous race against a plot by German spies to destroy the British war effort. When Richard Hannay offers sanctuary to an American agent seeking his help in stopping a political assassination, he takes the first step on a trail of peril and espionage.

Brought to you by Penguin. In the Burning Ghats of Calcutta where the dead are laid to rest, a man is found murdered, his throat cut from ear to ear. The body is that of a popular patron of the arts, a man who was, by all accounts, beloved by all: so what was the motive for his murder? Despite...

The golden skies, the translucent twilight, the white nights, all hold the promise of youth, of love, of eternal renewal. The war has not yet touched this city of fallen grandeur, or the lives of two sisters, Tatiana and Dasha Metanova, who share a single room in a cramped apartment with their...

Första delen i feelgoodserien Livet runt Klocksjön! När andra världskriget pågick mobiliserades många unga kvinnor till Luftbevakningen. Deras uppdrag var att iaktta allt som skedde i Sveriges luftrum och rapportera varje avvikelse, dag som natt. En av dem var Vibeke Holm, som tjänstgjorde i trakten kring Klocksjön. Drygt åttio år senare söker hennes dotter Mary-Lou upp platsen där mamman varit krigsplacerad.

A generation fed to the machine.Thomas Elsdon trades the quiet predictability of a shipping clerk’s life for the chaos of the Western Front. But as the patriotic fervour of the wars beginning fades into the mud of the Salient, he realizes the war is not a crusade, but a vast, unfeeling factory...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. She built something that could not be stopped. They found a way to stop it. Hollywood, 1940. George Antheil is an avant-garde composer better known for scandal than success when he meets Hedy Lamarr at a dinner party — and discovers that the most...

France, August 1944. In this alternate history WW2 adventure, American and British forces struggle to trap and destroy the still-potent German armies defending Normandy. But the Allies face another formidable obstacle of their own making: a seething rivalry between generals leads to a high-level...

With Special Guest Star ANJELICA HUSTON playing Thessaly Edwards. A socialite living in late-1930s New York City disappears without a trace in Unseasonably Cold, Amy Ephron’s elegant, melancholy noir of secrets, misapprehensions, and deceptions. Replete with beautifully observed period detail...

Nel 1942 a Lisbona, un rifugiato disperato ottiene due biglietti per l'America da uno sconosciuto, Josef Schwarz, in cambio di ascoltare la sua storia per un'intera notte. Attraverso i caffè e i bordelli, Schwarz racconta la sua drammatica fuga dalla Germania nazista e la ricerca disperata della moglie Helen. Il racconto rivela un'odissea di amore, persecuzione e morte, culminando all'alba con il passaggio dei documenti al protagonista.

La Première guerre mondiale ravage désormais la France. En Bretagne, les hommes ont quitté les champs pour rejoindre les tranchées ; les femmes, elles, font vivre la terre. L'année 1917 s'installe, et avec elle un hiver d'une rudesse exceptionnelle, qui éprouve les corps et les âmes. Dans sa ferme, Marie se bat.

Detective novels, she said, were for simpletons and spinsters. But she translated them anyway – because someone she loved couldn’t live without them. 1936, London. Edie Adler slips into the back pew of a memorial service for her dearest friend, Vee Saunders – presumed dead, her body never...

De Milan à la Lombardie rurale, cette saga familiale bouleversante suit le destin de deux femmes – une mère et sa fille – prises dans la tourmente de l'Histoire. Italie, 1939. Enfant vive, Bianca grandit dans une belle maison milanaise où sa mère, Giovanna, travaille comme domestique. Le...